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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (882)	1/25/2001 9:45:53 AM
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Re: 1/25/01 - AP/Hartford Courant: Van De Velde Sues Quinnipiac University CONNECTICUT » APWIRE Van De Velde Sues Quinnipiac University Associated Press January 25, 2001 NEW HAVEN Conn. (AP)- A second libel lawsuit, this time against Quinnipiac University, has been filed by a former Yale instructor who had been labeled a suspect in the killing of one of his students. The lawsuit filed in Superior Court by James R. Van de Velde Wednesday claims the school wrongfully dismissed him from a masters degree program soon after news reports linked him to the case. The lawsuit claims Quinnipiac officials made "false, defamatory and malicious" statements about Van de Velde in their explanations for his dismissal from the school's broadcast journalism program. The Quinnipiac suit was filed a day after Van de Velde sued the Hartford Courant over a Jan. 13, 1999, report that two female television reporters had complained to New Haven police that he was harassing them. The women had met Van de Velde while he worked internships at two stations prior to the Jovin slaying. The suit accuses the Courant of printing "false, defamatory and malicious" information. "We believe the story was accurate," said Clifford Teutsch, the newspaper's managing editor. sought. Quinnipiac has cited academic reasons for its decision, but Van de Velde and his attorney, David Grudberg, maintain the dismissal was prompted by negative publicity stemming from a police investigation into the murder of Yale senior Suzanne Jovin. New Haven police have said Van de Velde was in "a pool of suspects" in the Dec. 4, 1998, death of senior Suzanne Jovin, but he has never been charged. Van de Velde, who was Jovin's senior thesis adviser, has maintained his innocence. "Today, I begin my effort to hold certain Connecticut institutions and individuals accountable for their misconduct, slander and false statements," Van de Velde said Wednesday in a statement issued through Grudberg's office. Quinnipiac's director of public relations, John Morgan, refused to comment on the matter Wednesday. AP-ES-01-25-01 0803EST ctnow.com